Deep well cooker



Feb. 18, 1947. A, BARNSTElNER 2,416,140

DEEP WELL COOKER original Filed Dec. 29, 1939 AirToRNEY Patented Feb. 18, 1947 DEEP WELL COOKER Alfons Barnsteiner, Mansfield, Ohio, assignor to WVestinghouse Electric Corporation, East Pittsburgh, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Original application December 29, 1939, Serial No. 311,632. Divided and this application April 6, 1943, Serial No. 481,986

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to deep well cookers and more particularly to a cooker structure having an improved terminal construction.

This application is a division of my application Serial No. 311,632, filed December 29, 1939, entitled Deep well cookers, and issued November 2, 1943, as Patent No. 2,333,568.

One object of my invention is to provide a terminal guard for a deep well cooker which has means integral therewith for limiting the conductive loss of heat through the bottom of the cooker.

Other objects of my invention will either be pointed out specifically in the course of the following description of a device embodying my invention, or will be apparent from such description.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a top view of a device embodying my invention; and

Fig. 2 is a partial sectional and elevational view of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, in which like reference characters indicate like parts in the several gures, I show a deep well cooker structure IU comprising an inner vessel or casing I2 having a flange I 4 about the tcp portion thereof and a cup-shaped member I5 about the bottom portion thereof with a heating element I8 positioned therein, and an outer jacket or casing 2B about the outside of such inner casing I2.

The inner vessel or casing I2, iiange I4, and cup-shaped member I6 are, in this instance, formed of light metallic sheets. The casing I2 has, in this instance, a substantially circular type of cross-sectional configuration and is formed into substantially a cylindrical member. The flange I4 is formed into an annulus having a depending portion and an outwardly extending portion. The depending portion of the flange I4 is adapted to fit snugly within the inner casing I2 while the outwardly extending portion thereof is adapted to extend outwardly from the inner casing and substantially normal thereto. The depending portion of flange I4 is then iixedly attached to the inner case, say, by spot welding or the like.

The cup-shaped member I5 is formed of a light metallic sheet and comprises a centrally located hollow or depressed portion 22, an outwardly extending horizontal annular portion El and upstanding ring-like sleeve portion E5. The ringlike portion 26 extends upwardly from the annularly extending portion substantially normal thereto and has an inner diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the inner casing I2. The inner casing I2 will thus iit within the portion 26 and rest upon the annular portion 2d. The cup-shaped member I5 is then rigidly attached to the inner casing I2, Say by spot welding, or the like.

The inner vessel I2 may thus be classified as comprising the functionally integral flange Is, casing I2 and the cup-shaped member I5 at the lower edge thereof. While such functionally integral structure may have various forms of outer casing or jacket positioned thereabout, it is prei'erred that the outer jacket or casing 2B hereinafter described be associated therewith.

The heating element I8 comprising, in this instance, a ceramic disc-shaped member 28, having a diameter slightly smaller than the depressed portion 22 in cup-shaped member IE, is positioned within such depressed portion 22. A plurality of spiral grooves are located within the top portion of the ceramic disc 28 to retain electrical resistors 3i). Suitable terminal structures 32 are rigidly attached to the electrical resistors 38 at one end and to suitable lead wires (not shown) at the other end to afford means for connecting the resistors to a suitable power supply. Such resistors are then capable of supplying heat to the cooking structure.

The terminal structures 32 comprise an elongated bolt 33 which extends through the disc 28, pan I 5 and a terminal guard lstructure fill. An insulating grommet 42 is positioned between the terminal bolt 33 and the pan I5 and guard structure 40 to insulate such bolt from both the pan and guard structure. Suitable nuts 35 are positioned upon the lower ends of terminal bolts 33 to aord means for connecting suitable power leads (not shown) thereto.

In addition to terminal bolts 33, suitable bolts 3l pass through the disc 28, pan l and bosses 113 of terminal guard dll. These bolts 3l retain the terminal guard 4i) in its xed position while the terminal bolts are being loosened to connect the leads (not shown) thereto.

The terminal guard structure 46 comprises an elongated relatively shallow channel member which has a plurality of upwardly extending bosses 43 in the upper surface thereof. The bosses are relatively shallow and are adapted to space the guard downwardly from the pan It to limit the conductivity of heat therefrom. The guard structure 4S thus, in addition to acting as a guard member for the terminals of such cooker, increases the thermal efliciency thereof.

The outer jacket and casing 2i! is, in this in- 3 stance, formed into substantially a cylindrical sleeve having diameters slightly larger than the inner casing i2 of the cooking structure l0. However, it is to be understood that such casing is to have the same type of cross-section as casing i2, no matter what type it may have. Such outer casing 20 is, in this instance, formed of a single sheet of metal and is Xedly attached tov form a unitary structure by means of suitable rivets Sli or the like (see Fig. 2). Inwardly extending protuberanees or louvers S6 and y33 are formed within the outer casing 20 to engage the inner casing l2 and the cup-shaped member I6, to space and retain such outer casing about the inner casing. The louvers 36 are punched or formed inwardly about the upper edge of the outer casing 20. However, it is to be understood that such louvers may be located at any other point desired within the casing. The louvers 36 are punched or formed within the lower portion L f of the casing 26 and are located at such a point iat the lower edges thereof will engage the upper edge of the upwardly extending ringportion 26 of lcup member I6 when the outer casing 20 is positioned in its uppermost location in engagement with the flange lli, see lig. 2. The louvers 36 by engaging the upper edge of cup-shaped member E6 retain the outer casing 26 about the inner casing l2 and prevent the ready removal thereof, as hereinafter described.

The outer jacket or casing 20 is positioned about the functionally integral inner vessel in a simple operation and is retained thereabouts without the need of any additional structural parts. The outer jacket or casing 2l] is merely slid upwardly about the inner casing l2, the upper louvers S6 sliding over the ring portion 26 of cupeshaped member i6 by expandingoutwardly. As the outer casing is forced upwardly, the upper louvers Se then contact the outer surface of the inner casing i2 and space the outer casing an equal distance therefrom. The cuter casing Z0 is further forced .upwardly until the upper edge thereof engages the lower surface of flange I9. The lower louvers 36, when contacting the cupshaped member l 6, are likewise biased outwardly until they pass above the upper edge ofsuch cup member, at which time they expand back to their normal conguration, engaging both the upper edge of the ring portion 26 of cup member IB and the outer surface of the inner casing l2. The louvers 36 and 3S thus position the outer jacket 29 about the inner jacket l2 a predetermined dis- Aii) tance from the sides thereof while the louvers 38, in addition, due to their engaging the upper surface of cup-shaped member I6, retain such outer jacket 20 in the proper position about the inner vessel i2.

Various modifications may be made in the device embodying my invention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, and I desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall be placed thereon as are imposed by the prior art and the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

In combination, a heater having a heating element and an insulating support therefor, a cupshaped metallic pan disposed around and underneath said insulating support, an inverted channel shaped terminal guard made of metal and having a plurality of upwardly extending bosses therein contacting said il etallic pan and respectively located the middle and the respective ends oi said guard, and a plurality of bare metallic fastening means of materially smaller size than said bosses respectively extending therethrough and extending through said bosses into said insulating support, the end of the middle fastening means projecting into said terminal guard and also serving as an electrical terminal, a grommet of insulating material surrounding said middle fastening means at one of said bosses for insulating said metallic fastening means from both said metallic pan and said metallic terminal guard,` and the other fastening means similarly serving to anchor the outer ends of said heating element, said guard screening the downward ow of heat from said heating element and providing a relatively cool open space for said terminal.

ALFONS BARN STEINER.

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